General Riddles

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

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